The Open Group Summit – Event Highlights Delivering a Sustainable and Secure Tomorrow – Houston, Texas – October 30 – November 2, 2023

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

The recent Summit of The Open Group in Houston brought together a variety of subject matter experts, keynote speakers, Forum Members, Work Groups, and Consortia to engage in an active dialogue involving the following tracks: Enterprise Architecture (EA) for Sustainability, Cybersecurity and Zero Trust, Open Industry Standards, and The Digital Enterprise.

Sitting Down with The Open Group India Awards Winners of ‘The Most Promising Program for Women in EA’

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

On July 27, 2023, The Open Group India Awards for Innovation and Excellence in the Use of Open Standards and Open Source celebrated and applauded the remarkable achievements of organizations in the use of The Open Group Standards.

We recently sat down with the recipients of the Most Promising Program for Women in EA Award; Sheetal Khandkar and Rajashree Das, to discuss their respective journeys, what it was like winning the award, and much more.

Enabling Effective Emissions Data Management and Sharing

By The Open Group Open Footprint™ Forum. The Open Group Open Footprint™ Forum today published a white paper that provides an overview of the GHG emissions data management area, regulations that are driving activity, and the work of the Open Footprint Forum. The Forum is making significant progress in our standards work related to building a standard data model for emissions, and related open source tools to ease adoption.

Announcing Version 1.2 of the Open Trusted Technology Provider™ Standard (O-TTPS)

By John Linford, Forum Director, The Open Group, Security & Open Trusted Technology (OTTF)

The Open Group Open Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF) is pleased to announce the publication of Version 1.2 of the Open Trusted Technology Provider™ Standard (O-TTPS). The movement from Version 1.1.1 to Version 1.2 represents a deliberate review of the O-TTPS to ensure the requirements in it remain up to date and reflect learnings from industry and government.

Power Hour: Looking Back at the Women Reinventing Energy London Event, April 2023: Part 1

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

A few months ago, the Women Re:Inventing Energy event was held in London, with a mission to empower women and their executive allies in the energy sector, showcasing success stories, and discussing challenges. The event also featured inspiring DEI speakers from Amazon and executive trailblazers from Accenture and Thoughtworks.

Product Thinking for Data

By Dr. Anas Tawileh & Dr. Chris Harding

The role of data as a strategic enabler has become increasingly crucial to the long-term competitiveness of organisations. Netflix, for example, is one of the prominent examples of organisations that have successfully leveraged data to strengthen and sustain their competitive market position. One of the company’s many data-driven innovations is its market-leading Recommendations System that uses machine learning technologies to provide personalised recommendations that Netflix viewers will most likely enjoy. This system is so successful that it is estimated to create more than $1 billion in business value per year according to Netflix’s Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt.

The Open Group Virtual Event Highlights – EA for Sustainability – July 25 – 27, 2023

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group.

The Open Group hosted a virtual event on Enterprise Architecture (EA) for Sustainability July 25 – 27, 2023, assembling leading industry and global subject matter experts. The event looked at Enterprise Architecture (EA) helping organizations identify sustainability goals, along with focusing on the TOGAF® User Group, and The Open Group India Awards for Innovation and Excellence. Here are our key highlights and takeaways from across the three days.

The Open Group Launches Learning Paths for IT4IT™, Open FAIR™, and TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Leader Certificatio

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

We briefly met up with Andrew Josey, Fellow and VP of Standards & Certification at The Open Group Summit in London to discuss the latest learning paths aimed at IT practitioners and Enterprise Architects. Thank you to Andrew for his time. Please see the full interview below